KTOO: Details emerge about Haines canoe accident that left guiding clients critically hypothermic and more ->
KYUK: Drunk driver runs over pedestrians, killing 1 and more ->
Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaska History-August 28th, 1903 and more ->
KINY: Hear scientific experts explain jökulhlaups at tonight’s Assembly Committee of the Whole meeting; Pretty but pesky: Alaskans wage war on invasive plants and more ->
By Paul Fuhs, ADN: OPINION: Don’t be fooled — Alaska needs to develop its natural gas
Tag Archives: AK News
Alaska News August 26-27, 2023
KTUU: Strengthening food security, one village garden at a time; Ice allocation main focus of Sullivan Arena contract worksession and more ->
KTOO: Bartlett Hospital brings home health and hospice care back to Juneau and more ->
Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaska History-August 27th, 1915 and more ->
KINY: Here are more ways to help or receive help for the Mendenhall Flood disaster; Homer Jury convicts Debra Spencer for setting structure fire and more ->
Craig Medred: The Final Frontier
Billions for old when new appears cheaper
Residents of remote villages in rural Alaska are singing the praises of Starlink – a SpaceX satellite array that beams the internet to anywhere on the planet – and yet the U.S. government is preparing to spend billions of dollars to bring similar broadband service to remote areas of the state.
In Koyuk, a village of 330 on the north edge of Norton Bay in Western Alaska, Charles Swanson is left scratching his head at this expenditure coming on the heels of $3 billion already poured into a government-funded broadband project.
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: Project W Expands Into the Last Frontier
Alaska News August 24-25, 2023
KTUU: Residents voice concerns as Assembly approves body-worn camera contract for APD; Veterans Business Outreach Center program celebrates opening with ribbon cutting The VBOC is offering services across the state from its location in Southcentral Alaska; $200M Anchorage airport cargo facility CEO says there are numerous benefits despite controversy and more ->
KTOO: After 2 years, still no trial date for Juneau chiropractor charged with assaulting patients and more ->
KYUK: U.S. attorney general announces $22M to help tribes respond to crime and support victims and more ->
Alaska Native News: Interior Alaska Law Enforcement Team Up for Crime Suppression Operation; This Day in Alaska History-August 24th, 1912; This Day in Alaska History-August 25th, 1900 and more ->
The Arctic Sounder: Subsistence, tradition and humor celebrated during the Kuukpik Corporation’s 50th anniversary; First fall storm of the year damages road in Utqiagvik and more ->
KINY: Alaska lieutenant governor disqualifies legislative term-limits ballot measure; Art exhibition ‘Then as Now’ opening at Sitka National Historical Park; New Anchorage signpost explaining Dena’ina place name is part of broader movement and more ->
KUCB: Training exercise at Dutch Harbor gantry crane reveals gaps in emergency readiness; Qawalangin Tribe offers free online college programs to tribal members through new partnership; Homer man faces up to $4,500 fine for illegal fishing in Unalaska waters and more ->
Delta Wind: Mayor clarifies mention of fuel tax and more ->
KMXT: Midday Report
Craig Medred: Two-legged stool
KNOM: SBA Administrator Isabella Guzmán visits Nome’s port expansion site
WSIU/KYUK: Alaska school district changes calendar to allow time for traditional culture
South Anchorage & Midtown
Farmers’ Markets
August 26, 2023
HOURS: 9am-2pm
FOR THE KIDS at Midtown: We have colored chalk on hand for young artists to draw their favorite veggies & flowers on the pavement.
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Simple Living Alaska: Wild Mushrooms and Raspberries | Late Summer Cooking & Preserving
Alaska News August 23, 2023
KTUU: Troopers make arrest in shooting death of Alakanuk man; Anchorage police searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ shooting suspect; Anchorage Assembly votes down navigation center project and more ->
KTOO: Sunflower stars take center stage in kelp research and more ->
KYUK: Melvin Andrew sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor and more ->
Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaska History-August 23rd, 1914 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska scientists voice concerns on Fukushima nuclear power plant releasing treated radioactive wastewater Contaminated water stored in years since 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami could have impacts on Alaska seafood industry, scientist says and more ->
KINY: Anthony Salazar and Haitim Taha sentenced for 2017 murder of Leroy Lawrence and more ->
The Seward Journal August 23 to August 29, 2023
KUCB: Unalaska Public Safety investigates death of city employee known for coaching NYO and more ->
Offered a chance for some deep, rich black earth for gardening in a tiny Southeast Alaska village, I asked if there were any black slugs in it.
“If you’re going to garden here you have to just get used to them,” a resident curtly told me.
And with that began my battle and fascination with the invasive giant black slug known as Arion ater.
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Awaiting the Sun: WWII Veterans Remember the Aleutians
Bil Paul
Schiffer Publishing, Limited, Dec 6, 2022 – Aleutian Islands (Alaska) – 240 pages
The Aleutians were the only North American territory to be invaded and occupied during the war. The fighting for these remote islands off the Alaskan mainland lasted for more than a year and claimed more than 3,800 Japanese and American lives. Soldiers on both sides experienced spells of intense combat, but also extended periods of extreme isolation and boredom. Author Bil Paul has constructed a narrative history of the conflict by weaving together the accounts of more than 200 officers and enlisted men. The in-theater experiences of noted writer Dashiell Hammett, as well as musicians Yehudi Menuhin and Bud Freeman, appear in the narrative. Chapters detail men’s reactions to dismal weather, often-poor food and housing, and the lack of women. Over 50 official and personal photographs complement the narrative.
By David James, ADN: Seward author Dan Walker’s early life from the Kenai Peninsula to Anchorage provided rich source material
By Scooter Doll, electrek: Fisker shares new details of Alaska pickup, including battery sizes and ‘world’s largest cupholder’
By Matt Goff, Sitka Nature: Revisiting Indian River Valley Cliffs and Smoky Sunset
In the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal gave 202 destitute Midwestern farm families a fresh start in Alaska, then just a U.S. territory. ALASKA FAR AWAY tells the absorbing story of the unusual and controversial government experiment known as The Matanuska Colonization Project of 1935 and of the unsuspecting families thrust into the national spotlight. Narrated by actor Peter Coyote and featuring archival footage and interviews with many surviving colonists, ALASKA FAR AWAY recreates the hardships, dangers and excitement of leaving everything behind to settle a new land.
Alaska News August 22, 2023
KTOO: Ombudsman recommends firing Anchorage IT director for role in election challenge; Juneau Assembly approves bigger grants for building mother-in-law apartments; With more community gardens in Juneau, wait lists for plots are shrinking and more ->
KYUK: 4 people injured after car crash in Bethel; Alaska’s child care crisis is hitting foster families especially hard and more ->
Alaska Native News: 176th Wing firefighters protect Nenana from wildfires; This Day in Alaska History-August 22nd, 1794 and more ->
KINY: Home Health and Hospice community event happening August 24; Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomes Dr. Ben Carson to Alaska; Alaska state payroll department ‘one crisis away’ from workers going unpaid and more ->
KSTK: Regional competition aims to strengthen, grow small businesses and more ->
KFSK: First climber born and raised in Petersburg summits Devils Thumb and more->
KUCB: Crew member on factory trawler dies after possible ammonia exposure on board and more ->
KMXT: Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport loses power for second time in three weeks and more ->
By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection: Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) identifying final hot spots on McCoy Creek Fire (#201)
Craig Medred: (S)he is us
FYI: Cancer Screenings For Alaska Women
Welcome
Alaska Breast and Cervical Screening Assistance Program helps eligible Alaskans get breast and cervical health screenings. Alaska Breast and Cervical Screening Assistance Program enrollees can get mammograms and pap tests paid for by the program. Alaska Breast and Cervical Screening Assistance Program also pays for diagnostic tests when needed, and helps Alaskans get referred for financial support if they need treatment.
For more information about Alaska Breast and Cervical Screening Assistance Program, please call 1-800-410-6266.
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Simple Living Alaska: We Complete the Quonset Hut Workshop | 7,000 Bolts Done!
Alaska News August 19-21, 2023
KTOO: SEARHC to close Sitka’s home health department and more ->
Alaska Native News: Harvey Hill Sentenced to 12 Years for Attempted Sexual Assault; Alaska’s weird fire season ain’t over yet; This Day in Alaska History-August 19th, 1935; This Day in Alaska History-August 20th, 1915; This Day in Alaskan History-August 21st, 1914 and more ->
KINY: Christopher Espiritu-Simpson Pleads Guilty to 2017 Murder of Juanita Lolesio; ‘The internet is no longer a luxury’: $667M from USDA for rural broadband and more ->
KFSK: Petersburg assembly to take testimony on the potential sale of Borough-owned tidelands and more ->
KUCB: St. Paul Island transitions to Village Public Safety Officers amid years-long struggle to find stable law enforcement and more ->
Delta Wind: Five Loaves Food Pantry holds open house and more ->
KMXT: Midday Reports
By Michael R Dougherty, Anchorage Pioneers: Did you know that Hewitt’s Drug Store, the Fur Rendezvous and the Anchorage Fire Department owe a lot to Thomas “Tom” Bevers?
Alaska News August 18, 2023
KYUK: Nunapitchuk’s school year starts remotely due to structural concerns and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Two armed robberies in Fairbanks in one day and more ->
KRBD: Ketchikan schools to begin year with two more mental health counselors and more ->
KUCB: Unalaskans become first in rural Alaska to get 5G mobile service and more ->
Alaska News August 16-17, 2023
The Seward Journal August 16 to August 22, 2023
KFSK: New mapping technology reveals five times the number of streams in Alaska and more ->
KRBD: Hello KRBD supporters and friends; Tour bus lands in Ketchikan Creek and more ->
KUCB: In Memoriam: Theckla Marie Hamblin; Unalaska Library hosts traveling dollar “Bill” and more ->
Alaska News August 15, 2023
KTOO: A grieving father helped develop a new Anchorage curriculum on the dangers of opioids and more ->
KYUK: Kuskokwim Consortium Library calls for ‘Terrifying Tales on the Tundra’; Bethel police say someone has claimed responsibility for firing into a home on Aug. 12; Scientists surprised while looking for signs of dinosaurs along the Yukon River. ‘They’re just everywhere’ and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Crisis Now meetings gather likeminded people for crisis mitigation solutions and more ->
KINY: Operation NOBLE DEFENDER to take place from August 15 to September 10; 2023 Juneau Affordable Housing Fund applications opened August 7 and more ->
KUCB; Trident delays Unalaska plant one year, cites unstable markets and more->
Delta Wind: Local woman looks to aquaponics to provide fresh food year-round and more ->
Alaska news August 12-14, 2023
There wasn’t a single tree in Nome. There wasn’t a road that connected it to any other village or town. It would take you ten days to get there from Seattle on the Outside Passage —
Julia Scully,photography editor, writer1929-2023
Craig Medred: Talking Safety
Anchorage’s phony new bike law
On the day a well-meaning Anchorage Assembly approved a new bike ordinance claimed to make the state’s largest city safer for those who pedal, I was on my bike grinding up the Hillside Drive “Bike Route” while being close-passed, which is illegal, by a whole string of cars and trucks going faster than the 45 mph speed limit, which is also illegal.
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Lofty Minded in Alaska: Ben and Beyond
Eat Your Words from Edible Alaska#55: Alaska IS an Ag State…
Hey there,
We couldn’t sum it up any better than Wendell Berry, who wrote “To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.” Dear Eat Your Words reader, we know you are interested, and in our new issue we sharpen the focus on agriculture. Help us welcome The Ag Issue, our Fall 2023 offering filled with stories of Alaska’s growers and producers. You’ll find an update on kelp and a new story on the challenges of growing grain in the state. Erin McKinstry tells us how the climate is changing the way Alaska grows food, and we visit a regenerative farm in Homer where animals are both food and vital co-creators of the farm’s ecosystem. Note, these are links to our digital edition of the magazine, where you can see the stories and messages from our advertising partners in a beautiful page-through format.
By Clark Fair, Peninsula Clarion: Don’t stop the presses The Mable Smith Story — Part 2
Author’s note: Eight years after becoming a widow in Oklahoma, 55-year-old Mable Smith moved to Alaska, planning to live near her younger son John Jr. and his family. In late 1960, she applied for a homestead patent on 160 acres off Kalifornsky Beach Road. The following summer, she began working as a reporter and editor for the Cheechako News, based out of Ridgeway.
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By Sejal Sharma, Interesting Engineering: 73 million-year-old fossil of a tiny mouse found in Alaska The fossil is from the Gypsonictopidae, a family of mammals.